sam sedesi runs p.p.m. and also security services. what's up with that? it's a conflict of interest. it's immoral and unethical, or it's illegal. why isn't anybody doing anything about that? you're just enablers, like the people who covered amy whitehouse the other night in belgrade. at closing, the policy does not give the authority to change r.f.p.'s. giving him the authority to not accept contracts or to go out to bid again but not to change r.f.p.'s. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> brad newsham fold by john hawn and herbert winer. >> i'd like to thank tariq mahmoud for sticking his neck out and declaring the strike we're in the middle of right now. it's a real testament to what one person working his rear end off can do. he has given real genuine voice to the real genuine frustration that cab drivers feel out there. and i appreciate that very much. i would also like to say that whenever -- the one thing tariq has done is he has opened up a discussion or room for a discussion about what an idiotic idea it is for the cab industry to be used as a